New York, April 30 (EFE).- The ex-lawyer of porn actress Stormy Daniels, Keith Davidson, took the stand this Tuesday when one of the witnesses was called to testify in a case- former President Donald Trump’s criminal lawyer and said he understood that the president was the driving force behind the deal to silence his client.
This Tuesday, the third week of the trial began, the first criminal trial against a former president in the history of the United States, and Trump was present with his son Eric Trump and Attorney General Texas Ken Paxton, who sat in the front row.
The Republican and presidential candidate this year is accused of falsifying documents to silence Daniels and thereby protect his presidency.
Davidson was responsible for negotiating a $130,000 payment to keep the adult film actress quiet about an affair with the mogul in 2006.
Although the conversations took place in 2016 with Michael Cohen – Trump’s former lawyer and right-hand man, who is expected to be one of the prosecution’s key witnesses – Davidson pointed out today evidence that he understood that Trump was the source of the money. or some physical connection of the politician.
The lawyer indicated several times that the whole negotiation with Cohen was very “frustrating”.
Davidson also represented Karen McDougal, a Playboy model who claimed to have had an affair with Trump.
From the stand, Davidson reviewed his text message exchange with The National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard about the terms on which the McDougallos story could be published in June 2016.
Last week, a former American tabloid editor confirmed in the same court in New York that he was connected to Trump in 2016 to hide “disgraceful stories” that could implicate the politician Republicans and harming him in the elections.
Before the attorney took the stand today, representatives of the prosecution showed the jury videos from 2016 in which Trump denied the allegations of these extramarital affairs as “horrific” and “total fiction”.
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To this day, Trump still maintains that he had no relationship with these women.
Another witness who took the stand this Tuesday for more than two hours was Gary Farro, the banker who started testifying last Friday.
Farro mentioned in the two hours he sat on the stand today about Cohen’s efforts to open a financial account that was used to pay the porn actress Stormy Daniels.
Trump with his eyes closed and $9,000 less
During Tuesday’s lengthy statements, Trump closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair several times, which is already common in this test.
On this day, the Republican candidate for this year’s presidential elections was fined by Judge Juan M. Merchan with $9,000 for contempt of a ‘gag order’ that prohibits him from making public attacks on witnesses, prosecutors and members of the jury.
Trump was also forced to delete the seven “offensive posts” from Truth Social and the two “offensive posts” from his campaign website by 2:15 p.m. local time (18:15 GMT) this Tuesday, which he did.
But that didn’t mean Trump stopped expressing his displeasure about the case, which he has described more than once as a “witch hunt,” because around the same time he said on his social network that Merchan had his “constitutional right” taken away. freedom of expression.”
“I am the only presidential candidate in history who is gagged,” he said in his message.
It wasn’t all bad news for Trump, as Merchan allowed him to attend the graduation of her youngest son, Barron Trump, on May 17, the day there will be no trial.
Sarah Yanez-Richards
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2024-04-30 21:34:15
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